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Organisation aims and activities: Global March Against Child Labour is an international movement dedicated to giving every child a chance to live and grow without the burden of exploitative work. Global March is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any wor

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Global March Against Child Labour, under the leadership of Kailash Satyarthi, in 1998 is unprecedented in the history of children’s rights and in its efforts in mobilising civil society on a large-scale to fight the scourge of child labour. Traversing 80,000km across the globe, with millions supporting, it was historic in drafting of the ILO Convention 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour, the fastest ratified convention, and resulting in worldwide efforts for the elimination of child labour. Global March is the largest civil society initiative committed to mobilising global efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be damaging to the child’s development. In last 9 years Global March has grown to span a network of 2000 partners in 144 countries, consisting of NGOs, Trade Unions, Teachers associations and others.

Global March Against Child Labour is an international movement dedicated to giving every child a chance to live and grow without the burden of exploitative work. Global March Against Child Labour is a movement to mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free, meaningful education and to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be harmful to the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

Operational level: International

Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18

Organisation type: NGO network or group

Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations, Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations

Areas of expertise: Child labour and working children, Children and education, Children and participation, Children and the media, Children in armed conflict, Children working and living on the street, Gender and girls, Minority or indigenous children, Rights based programming

Countries in which this organisation works: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island [Norway], Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory [United Kingdom], Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Channel Islands [United Kingdom], Chile, China, Christmas Island [Australia], Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cook Islands [New Zealand], Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands [Denmark], Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana [France], French Polynesia [France], French Southern Territories [France], Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar [United Kingdom], Greece, Greenland [Denmark], Grenada, Guadeloupe [France], Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands [Australia], Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man [United Kingdom], Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique [France], Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte [France], Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar , Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles [Netherlands], New Caledonia [France], New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue [New Zealand], Norfolk Islands [Australia], Northern Ireland [United Kingdom], Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Réunion [France]

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Global March Against Child Labour (GMACL)